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Le monde à l'envers
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,509
Silent Heights in Mist
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,132
Mountains at Sunset
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,132
Almost Abstract Landscape - 1 (Ocean)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$905
Poésie maritime
Eric Munsch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,686 $1,434
Sail Boats And Clouds L 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 155 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,591
Va, vis et reviens !
Antoine Josse
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,074
Le gardien du désert salé
Yves Calméjane
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,014
Les mâts d’or
Nat Stresser
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,791 $3,412
Promenade des Anglais
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,697
Shore Break
Bernard Biancotto
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$679
Paix en mer... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,924
Full moon in the bay
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35.1 x 69.9 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,300
Moon rise
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 69.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 27.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,650
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Ciel de sable
Nat Stresser
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,037 $1,833
L'heure bleue 030817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$792
Yantarnoe, 27/02/2021, 20h14
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,697
L'heure bleue à Venise II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$679
L'heure bleue à Venise
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$679
Promenade nocturne
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 51 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Danse océanique
Pauline Guillemard
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch
$1,358
Varangeville - Côte normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$215
Energy of the sea.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$509 $458
L'étendue flamboyante
Eric Munsch
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,007 $857
Ensemble, au bord de l'eau
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$566
Fort DeSoto Beach, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Painting - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$609
Snorkelling In The Shallows
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76 x 76 cm Photography - 29.9 x 29.9 inch
$3,219
Les aurores marginales - série mer et plage
Elfrid Auvray
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,562
Comme les rouges déclinant des lueurs occidentales - série mer et plage
Elfrid Auvray
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,562
Manon à la fenêtre
Arnaud Ele
Photography - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$905
They were breakwaters
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$973
Fluid horizon IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,139
On sort les voiles
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,641
Flying over The Bahamas #3
Ana Hefco
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,150
Boats in the Harbor, Rockport, Maine
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.04 inch
$2,500
Série silence #2
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,697
Série Lignes blanches - Soleil couchant
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,697
Série lignes blanches - Lignes épurées
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,697
Un soir d’été… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,490
Paysage avec lac (PM08)
Palmi Marzaroli
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$1,528
Boats - Sicily, Italy
Reneta Isin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,316
Sea
Majestic and tyrannical, the sea has never ceased to fascinate artists. Untameable, this force of nature seems to have a life of its own and has inspired many artists. Since antiquity, the sea has been represented in all its glory, century after century it is honoured through various styles and colours. However, this desire to escape to the great outdoors is certainly not only reserved for 21st century painters
Maritime art began at the same time as history painting - in the 15th century, and they share many common traits. Maritime painting mostly depicts scenes of combat, historical incidents and mythology where people play a crucial role. It wasn't until the 17th century that artists stopped depicting people in their seascapes and focused solely on the representation of the landscape itself instead.
In the Middle Ages, shipwrecks and storms terrorised citizens as they interpreted them as signs of God's wrath. he church even used images of the rough sea to hold power over its believers.
Representations in classical painting were strictly governed by academic rules, and often didn't manage to convey true emotion. Maritime scenes joined the mainstream in the 19th century, especially with the arrival of the Romantic period as emotions played a much greater role in marine painting. The two great masters of the period were J.M.W Turner and Caspar David Friedrich who captured the attention of their contemporaries and whose works continue to mesmerise us today.
For the impressionists, the sea was a sublimation of nature. During the 19th century, artists come out of their studios in order to paint and describe nature as they saw and feel it. By the end of the 19th century, the sea was no longer a simple, blue expanse but rather an eruption of emotions illuminated through painting.
Contemporary art offers a new insight into creation. Today, the technique is overrun by the message and intention of the work. Therefore, we find all varieties of sea illustrations where the sea becomes an image of contemporary creation. Even though the sea is sometimes reinvented, it remains true to reality.
The new generation of contemporary artists create works that depict freshness, escape, lost coves, waves, and that salty seaside air. Discover our selection inspired by ocean waters.